“We have a lot of Northwest pride and it feels good to be close to home,” Bains said. “Jermaine has played his whole life in Seattle. He wants to be part of the future of the Washington Huskies.”

“He had a lot of really good options and it speaks well for the Washington program that he had all these options,” Bains added.

Lorenzo Romar did a great job targeting and developing a relationship with Haley early. The Huskies have had him on campus multiple times.

“He took a visit there recently and he's been able to establish a really good relationship with coach Romar,” Bains said. “One thing that tipped it off was coach Romar and his staff were at every single one of his games this summer.”

“Jermaine is very comfortable with him,” he said. “He feels like he really wants him.”

Haley isn't currently ranked in Scout.com's top 75 in 2016, but that will change when the post-July rankings are updated.